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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1945
Page
1
A brief item notes Alex H Washburn involved in a production of Our Daily Bread. The fragment mentions names and a likely local theater or church event tied to Washburn as producer or organizer. No further details available in readable text.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis notes 1944 saw a decline from wartime peaks in the Eighth district with a shift from manufacturing to civilian goods. New war contracts fell 25 percent as releases funded food apparel and leather production, while layoffs numbered in the thousands. Labor supply eased with few shortage areas by year end. farm output and income set records despite floods and drought.
Halifax reports long range German submarines have sunk seven Allied ships off the Nova Scotia coast, six within 22 days. The Clayoquot, a Canadian minesweeper, and a Canadian merchant ship were among the losses. Capt. Bob Robinson perished directing abandon ship actions. 73 lives were lost in the sinkings and over 200 survivors were landed at Atlantic ports. Survivors say U boats acted boldly, targeting escorted and unprotected ships.
Kansas legislators debate solutions to the victory girl issue near camps and urban areas. Paul R. Shanahan cites venereal infections among workers and soldiers, proposing bills to tighten prostitution laws, classify vehicles as houses of ill repute, and make pandering a felony. He warns of recreation gaps driving youths to seek soldiers and notes cases delaying missions and plant absentee reports.
Boston reports New England's worst blizzard in nearly three decades with 24 dead. Light snow expected to continue as crews clear streets and highways piled with mountainous drifts. Many major routes reopen, but thousands remain stranded on secondary roads. mild temperatures may ease snow removal.
Washington reports U S rockets approach artillery in accuracy and mobility. Navy officials describe rockets from five inch to larger calibers, field tests show projectiles hitting near targets at up to 1 000 yards. Launchers vary from ground to air and ships with German nebelwerfers nicknamed Screamin Meemies.
Mr and Mrs Tom McLarty of 512 South Main street have received the Purple Heart for their son 1st Lt Franklin McLarty who earned the decoration for wounds suffered in Leyte. Lt McLarty in the infantry was struck in the leg by shrapnel, has recovered and returned to active duty.
Stockholm reports nine teenage Norwegians were executed for terrorism in reprisal for the assassination of Maj. Gen. Carl Madsen, commander of Quisling SS troops in Norway, who was shot in Oslo yesterday.
Hope Rotary luncheon heard English correspondent H B Shaw from Oldham Lancashire describe his 333 year old industrial town famed for cotton spinning and the Lancaster bomber. Citi zens National Bank cashier C C Spragins replied with Hope’s portrait noting cotton farming watermelons and the city’s 70 year history and ties to English ancestry.
State Senator Tom Kidd of Murfreesboro pledged opposition to any proposal to detach Mine Creek township from Hempstead County and annex it to Howard County. He told Ed Thrash of Hope that he would vote against the Mine Creek bill if it reached the Arkansas Senate, and said most senators share his stance.
The military required movie projection lamps in 1943 at three times the peacetime rate, shaping wartime manufacturing. The push reflected heightened demand for motion pictures in military training and operations, accelerating output and labor shifts.
Washington February 10 facing pressure from administration backers to bypass the House Rules Committee and bring the George Wallace bill to the floor. Democrats may seek a unifying agreement behind the measure while Republicans push for limits to amendments that could prompt a veto. The Senate already moved to consider Wallace for secretary of commerce as Roosevelt vows approval, with a stormy Rules Committee hearing signaling support for a floor debate under a broad rule to avoid procedural blocks.
Miami reports indicate a weekend settlement may resolve AFL and United Mine Workers jurisdiction issues. The AFL executive council, meeting in Miami, weighs absorbing Miners District 50 and aligning with CIO for a spring drive on wage formulas. John L. Lewis and William Green are central to negotiations.
James D. White reports from Washington that Japan is stunned by Manila’s fall. Japanese officials warned of war direction in the Philippines, and Koiso’s government faces a crisis of prestige as Tokyo now downplays the importance while Manila’s loss carries political and military weight.
The Moscow radio reports a Budapest operation posing as an undertakers shop served as the entry to an underground aircraft parts factory. German forces used thousands of foreign workers at the site.
At the time of its surrender to Japan in 1941 Hong Kong had a normal population of 1 050 256 plus 750 000 refugees from China.
London reports the Red Army advancing toward Koenigsberg with claims of American tanks aiding the assault. Simultaneously, massive battles raged on the Oder front as Zhukov regrouped for a push on Berlin. German reports noted Scheer naval units in Elbing and near capitulation in Budapest.
Canadian First Army drives more than ten miles frontward breaking the Siegfried Line within two miles of Kleve and reaching the Rhine in a northern flanking move. Berlin warns of another push toward the Cologne plain as Roer floodwaters rise behind the dams. German resistance stiffens as Crerar’s troops advance through rain torn quagmire, taking over 2,500 prisoners in 48 hours and pressing toward Kleve and Millingen with street fighting in Millingen. Continued on Page Four.
HAL BOYLE reports from Belgium on Pfc. Raymond Yannis of Taylor Texas who held off German assaults against an American anti tank gun position. He killed multiple attackers from a window with a sub machine gun and later there is mention of frontline bath built by two soldiers and other acts of wartime bravery including Capt. Whitney and Sgt. Imbody.
Manila dispatch reports intensified fighting as American forces press a multi-pronged advance toward Manila's waterfront. Japanese resistance along the south Manila front, including Panda can and Paco districts, is described as fierce amid smoke and urban combat. Airborne and ground units push toward burned port areas while bombers target concentrations in northern Cebu and Formosa.
Washington reports a large earthquake rocked Tokyo at 1 30 p m local time followed by a massive raid of over 90 to 100 B 29s from the Marianas. The air strike hit industrial targets and caused some damage to ground installations.
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